Author Archives: Kevin Hunsperger

As students celebrate the end of the academic year around the state, a group of students and alumni in Cairo, Illinois, has something extra to celebrate this year.

Shawnee Community College would like to commend our Spring 2023 semester honors students for their hard work and dedication.

Ten students have completed the Highway Construction Careers Training Program at Shawnee Community College. This is the second class to go through the program, a collaborative effort between John A. Logan College and the Illinois Department of Transportation.

As the 2022-23 academic year winds down, Shawnee Community College is pleased to announce that this year’s Faculty of the Year recipient is Cosmetology Instructor Wendy Harris.

There is new playground equipment at the ballpark in Vienna, Illinois, to honor the memory of a Goreville teenager who lost his life in a car accident in 2020. Brayden King, 17, played baseball and basketball at Goreville High School.

Shawnee Community College leaders are participating in the national Higher Learning Commission’s annual conference in Chicago. SCC President Dr. Tim Taylor and SCC Board of Trustee members Mrs. Andrea Witthoft and Ms. Deborah Shelton-Yates presented at this year’s conference.

ULLIN, IL (January 6, 2023)- Shawnee Community College would like to commend our Fall 2022 semester honors students for their hard work and dedication. Full-time students whose grade point average is 3.5 or better and enrolled in an Associate degree or certificate program are considered honor students. The President’s List consists of students achieving a 4.0 grade point average for the semester. Students on the Vice President’s List earned a GPA between 3.5 and 3.9. Twenty student-athletes made the Vice President’s list; six received a 4.0 and are on the President’s List. Those individuals are noted on the list with an asterisk (*).   President’s List Alto Pass Jonathan Fuhrhop Adam Schroeder   Anna Eric Bittle Shelby Calvert Ian Crunk Madison Delgadillo Gavin Osman Sydney Schenk* Clayton Snyder   Belknap Uriah Barnes Kimberley Brown Miranda Burton   Buncombe Lee Madlock   Cairo Qwayvantae Booth Adina Green Destiny Green Cordero Ward […]

Shawnee Community College would like to recognize the students who completed a degree or certificate during the Summer 2022 semester.

ULLIN, IL (August 3, 2022) – The start of a new semester is right around the corner, and with changes coming on how the state of Illinois handles COVID-19 mitigations, leaders at Shawnee Community College are updating how the college will approach the situation for the fall semester. “We are excited to welcome students back to campus in a couple of weeks, but we’re also looking forward to hosting more events on our main campus and the four Extension Centers. That’s something we had to pause for the last couple of years,”  said Shawnee Community College President Dr. Tim Taylor. Over the summer, more than 300 children and young adults participated in the Shawnee Community College Saints Kids’ Camps. More Community Education programs are being developed for the fall semester to enable children and adults an opportunity to learn something new and spend some time on the Shawnee Community College […]